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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines
529 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 27
The Labor situation in the Transvaa[?] has recently engaged much attention in view of the high working costs and the diminishing value of gold. The mines…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At Johannesburg a joint conference of the Executive of the Mineworkers' Union and Engineers' Federation confirmed the coalminers' decision to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The position at the coal mines at present is that only the staffs and natives are working. A strike ballot is being taken and requires a two-thirds majority…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thomas Orton, a mining engineer, was remanded at the City Court to-day on a charge of having conspired on various dates between January, 1918, and July…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Transvaal coal strike is in full swing. A thousand Europeans are out affecting 20,000 natives. The pumping staffs and other safety…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →There has been a sensational development in the Cogo case. The will of Madame Cogo has been found, by which the bulk of her fortune was bequeathed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The coal miners in all the districts begin work to-day after ten days' holiday. Interest now centres in the ballot of the miners regarding the proposal for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Gambage, Under-Secretary for Mines, has furnished a statement respecting the N.S.W. mineral industry during 1921. He states:--…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It is reported that the steel works at Newcastle will partly re-open next Monday, but there is no likelihood of an early resumption of work at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Because natives have been employed on white men's work and the coal mines are being worked, thes trikers have withdrawn the utility workers,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. R. H. Cambage, Under-Secretary for Mines, in his report on the mineral industry in 1921 states that to the end of 1920 the mineral production of the State…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At Johannesburg the seriousness of the industrial position has not diminished. It is generally believed the ballot of trade unionists will go heavily in favor of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →General Smuts is intervening in the Rand coal strike, and is endeavoring to secure a re-opening of the negotiations with a view to submitting the dispute…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The gold yield for December shows a comparative decrease in value of about £6000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The northern colliery proporietors state [?]hat in 1920 there were 471 separate stoppages in the northern coal district which lost the miners nearly half a million [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The latest appeal to the miners by the Council of the Federation reads: "Don't rush into trouble as times are critical. No steps should be taken without every…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The general opinion in regard to the nine days' work a fortnight for miners is that the proposal, which may be carried in the north, will be defeated by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A West Maitland message says: Although the mines resumed work only on Tuesday last, there have been a number of stoppages on the Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Newcastle message says: The heav seas are washing ashore large quantities of coal. Pieces weighing up to a hunlred pounds have been found…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The South African Government has agreed to appoint a Board of Conciliation in the Rand coal strike, consisting of representatives of each side…
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